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Columbus Public Schools

A public school district in Columbus, Nebraska, with 9 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

4,171
Students enrolled
257.4
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
669.1
All staff, full-time equivalent
$12,835
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 4,171 in 2024–⁠25
Ranks 2,324th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 14th of 252 in Nebraska. Larger than 86% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $12,835 in fiscal year 2023
More than 24% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Columbus Public Schools spent $13,742 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $9,243 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

Source: NCES

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The figures

Columbus Public Schools spent $13,742 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $9,243 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2024$13,742$57.0 million4,145
FY2023$12,835$52.8 million4,111
FY2022$12,223$50.0 million4,094
FY2021$11,245$46.8 million4,159
FY2020$10,883$45.8 million4,204
FY2019$10,737$43.9 million4,090
FY2018$12,032$47.3 million3,928
FY2017$11,041$43.0 million3,891
FY2016$10,477$40.2 million3,838
FY2015$10,383$38.8 million3,740
FY2014$9,786$36.8 million3,756
FY2013$9,685$35.6 million3,680
FY2012$9,303$34.7 million3,733
FY2011$8,420$31.3 million3,714
FY2010$8,672$31.5 million3,632
FY2009$7,879$29.5 million3,745
FY2008$7,982$28.2 million3,535
FY2007$8,667$30.1 million3,468
FY2006$9,058$31.5 million3,475
FY2005$9,243$32.5 million3,512

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Columbus Public Schools by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$2.4 million4.2%
State$21.1 million37.1%
Local$33.3 million58.7%
Total$56.8 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

9 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Columbus Public Schools
SchoolStudents
Centennial Elementary School353
Columbus High School1,337
Columbus Middle School1,166
Emerson Elementary School286
Kramer Education Center170
Lost Creek Elementary School318
North Park Elementary304
Pathways Beyond/Early Steps to Success Building22
West Park Elementary215

The district’s entry

Name as NCES lists it
COLUMBUS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not applicable
Grades
Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
3105340

Elsewhere

Sources

Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

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